Railway-track appliance.



' 1. w. THOMAS. RAILWAY TRACK APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED- 056.11. I913.

1,137,809. Ptented May 4, 1915.

WITNESSES: I INVENTORI Jafm WWI/20mm,

W I I i ED s'ra'rns PATENT onmon.

JOHN W. THOMAS, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN B.

* HAMILL, OF KANSA S CITY, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY-TRACK APPLIANCE.

Patented May 4, 1915.

Application filed December 17, 1913. Serial No. 807,223.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. THoMAs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Track Appliances, of which the following IS a specification.

My invention relates to improvements 1n railway track appliances and one ob ect is to provide a substantial device of this character to efiectually overcome creeping of rails longitudinally. V

A further object is to overcome lateral movement and tipping of rails when subjected to lateral pressure,

. heavy pressure as is exerted thereon by a train rounding a curved portion of track Other objects of the invention Wlll hereinafter appear, and in order that said invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing, in which: V

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my appliance. Fig. 2 is an end view of the appliance associated w1th a cross-tie and a rail. Fig. 3 is a plan view of all parts disclosed by Fig. 2, except the cross-tie.

A, designates a cross-tie and B a rail, both of which are of the customary type.

1 designates .my appliance which embodies a tie-p late member 2, provided at its underside with V-shaped ribs or become embedded in the underlying tie A and prevent said tie-plate member 2 from movin longitudinally thereon, when secured by the customary spikes C.

4: designates a flange on the upper portion of member 2, which latter has an extension 5 to carry an. inclined abutment 6, which extends upward to the ball of the rail and has an angular seat 7 to receive the adjacent lower corner of said ball' as disclosed by Fig. 2. The upper side 8 offiange 4 is beveled for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. Flange 4: is adapted to abut one edge of the rail base and is spaced the width of said rail base from an overlapping lip 9, adapted to engage and overlay the opposite margin of the rail base.

The overlapping lip 9 is reinforced at its central portion by a lug 10, which extends above said lip and outward to the adjacent margin of member 2. Lug 10 has a central,

inclined, opening 11 'to receive a key 12,

especially suchteeth 3, which which tapers toward an integral head 13 thereon. 1

In practice, the member 2 is firmly secured upon the underlying tie A by driving spikes C through the holes 14 in saidmember 2. One side of the rail base is then inserted beneath the overhanging lip 9 while its opposite side rests upon the beveled surface 8 of slide down the beveled surface 8 and rest firmly upon the member 2 as shown on Fig.2. As the rail slides into its seat uponthe member 2, the ball of said rail rocks into its seat 7 in the upper end of the abutment 6. Spikes are next driven into holes 15 to overlapand secure one side of the rail base to member 2, the opposite side of said rail base being firmly secured by the key 12 and the overlapping lip 9. By driving the key 12 in the direction ofits head 13, it bites the base of the rail and prevents the same from creeping on the member 2 The abutment 6, supporting as it does the ball of the rail, successfully resists alltendency of said rail to tip when lateral pressure is applied at the opposite side of said ball, such as is exerted by the flanges ;of a car wheel.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, I reserve the right to make such changes in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the claims. 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:.

1. A device of the class described comprising a tie plate, an overhanging lip on said plate for engaging the adjacent side of the rail base, a flange on the plate having its upper edge beveled, an (BXtfl'lSlOIl carried by the flange, an abutment mounted on the extension and having a seat formed in its upper end, said beveled upper edge of the flange bein engaged by the adjacent side of the rail ase previous to thefinal seating of the rail base upon the tie plate by exerting pressure upon the rail and at which time the ball of the rail will rock into engagement with the seat of the abutment.

2. A device of the class described comprising a tie plate having an overhanging lip and flanges disposed in spaced relation I flange 4. Sufiicient pressure is then applied upon the rail to cause it to thereon,one end of the late terminating in therein, a key operating in the opening for an extension, an upwar ly and inwardly inclampingly engaging the rail base, and clined abutment mounted on the extension means for attaching the late to a'tie. and having a seat for engaging the ball of In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, 5 the rail When the based theregiihrests lugon in the presence of two witnesses.

the plate and the side e ges o e rai ase engage the flange and overhanging lip re- JOHN S. spec'tivelv, said overhanging lip being inter- Witnesses: sected and reinforced by a lug mounted on F. G. FISCHER,

10 the plate saidlughaving an opening formed L. J. FIscHER. 

